NHS apologises and admits Palantir have access to identifiable patient data
In its previously published Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) – a transparency document that is a statutory requirement for many public services engaged in the processing of citizens’ sensitive personal data – the NHS had claimed only health-service staff could access identifiable individual info via the FDP. Recent reports, however, have claimed that representatives from the platform’s core supplier, Palantir, can also access this sensitive data. But the statement from the health service went on to admit “within the DPIA we referred to only NHS England staff having access to directly identifiable patient data [but]… in fact some suppliers working for NHS England do have controlled access”.
- ▪In its previously published Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) – a transparency document that is a statutory requirement for many public services engaged in the processing of citizens’ sensitive personal data – the NHS had claimed onl
- ▪Recent reports, however, have claimed that representatives from the platform’s core supplier, Palantir, can also access this sensitive data.
- ▪But the statement from the health service went on to admit “within the DPIA we referred to only NHS England staff having access to directly identifiable patient data [but]… in fact some suppliers working for NHS England do have controlled a
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NHS apologises and admits Palantir engineers have access to identifiable patient data Sam Trendall August 3, 2026 in Health and social care, News - 4 Minutes Credit: Crown Copyright/Open Government Licence v3.0 The central health service body has acknowledged the inaccuracy of claims previously made in a transparency document which indicated that only NHS staff were able to see such sensitive information NHS England has issued an apology after admitting that employees from Palantir and other suppliers can access identifiable information related to individual patients via the Federated Data Platform.
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